Sediment-remover



ILAKERS;` SEDIMENT REMOVE APPLICATION FILED MAR. I7. 1920.

Pgtented Feb. 1,

WITNESSES of water.

UNITE!) STATES PTENT QFHQE.

SED IMEJIIIUREMOVER.

Application filed March 17, 1920.

ment, such as removable strainers, and `more particularly relates to sediment removers.

lt is a well-known fact that watertrans-` mission systems and hot-water systems for domestic and other uses, and more particu larly hot-water boilers in the home, and pipes connected thereto, quite often become clogged and stopped up with sediment. This lsediment is a deposit 'formation or a precipitate formed through the heating and boiling The sediment collects as a hard insoluble scale in the lioints and low places oi a water-transmission system, and hinders the circulation oi the water, prevents the etlicient heating thereof, and, in genera-l, offers many liiliculties which usually require the expense and services of a plumberto open up lthe pipes and remove the sediment.

lt is fitting, therefore, `that an object oi' my invention is to produce an improved sediment remover which adequately functions to cure the `foregoing troubles in hot water systems.

Furthermore, it 1s an object oi my 1nvention to produce an improved combination strainer and sediment remover which is comparatively inexpensive to manufacture and which may be quickly installed 'for use on hot-water systems generally found in the home and other institutions.

lith the above principal objects and others in view, my invention relates to the combination oi parts herein disclosed, and the construction of same. as set forth in the claims defining the invention, as described in the following specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 shows a conventional type of hetwater boiler with the sediment remover included in one ot the pipes connected with the boiler.

Fig. 52 illustrates a sectional view through the combination strainer and sediment remover.

Fig. 3 shows a face view of a frame containing a water-screening element; and Fig.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Feb. 1, 1921.

Serial No. 366,583.

fl, illustrates a cross-sectional view taken on the line {lf-11 oi Fig; 3.

Fig. 5 illustrates a modified forni of a screening` device constructed in the form of a sleeve and screwed into the sediment receptacle.

A, combination strainer and sediment remover constructed in accordance with the principles ot this invention includes a sediment receptacle having` a screen mounted therein. The device may be readily inserted in a water pipe to screen the sediment to prevent clogging the pipes.

Presenting a more complete disclosure oi my invention, there is shown in the drawings a sediment receptacle 7 which has threaded ports 8 and 9 to connect the receptacle with water pipes. The ports arc made at the upper portion of the receptacle in order that sediment carried with water into the receptacle may gravitate tothe bottom thereof. A. drain valve 10 is provided at the bottom ot the receptacle to drain the solid matter and remove sediment from the receptacle.

It is necessary to employ any appropriate means for impeding the travel ot the sediment through the receptacle 7, this being); accomplished by the use of a screen either pern manently set in the passage defined by the ports 8 and 9, or removably placed therein. A casing 13 is made on the receptacle 7, with a threaded tubular cap and stui'linp; box 14.. A stem 15, with attached hand wheel, is conlined in the cap member 14. and is capable of traveling= up and down therein, due to the threaded engagement between thestem 15 and tubular cap 11i. The lower end ot the stem 15 has a` turn head 16 for liiting the strainerirame 11 up and down to open and close the passage defined by the valve seats.

The strainer frame 11, comprising two sections 18, has fitted therebetween a screening.;` disk 19 of any suitable character. It is practical to employ chamois, line noncorrosive screen mesh, or any other suitable material designed to permit the discharge of water but restrict the passage of sediment or solid matter. The two frame sections 18 are secured together with the screening disk 19 placed therebetween to securely hold it in position. The sections 18 may be held together by screws, or any other appropriate means, in order that the screening disk 19 may be periodically replaced with a new screen in case the disk 19 deteriorates. The

outer faces ot the sections are made to correspond with the seats 12 to effect a closed joint between the sections 18 and seats 12. T he turn head 16 confined in a cylindrical re.- cess in the section 18 to permit relative turning of the stem 15.

lhen the stem 15 is rotated in one direction, the frame 11, containing` the sediment barrier, moves downwardl;7 into eng-agement with the seats 12, thus closing the passage against sediment but admitting' the discharge of clear water. It for any reason whatse ever it should become necessariv to clean ont the water pipe systems, it is then practical to open the sediment barrier by rotatingthe stem 15 in the opposite direction, which rctracts the trame 11 upwardl)v into the neck 13 and opens the passage through the sediment receptacle to admit a stream ot water under pressure to be passed through the water system for cleaning' out the pipesy or for other purposes.

lt is seen, therefore, how the device ahore described, and portrayed in Fig. 2 ot the drawings, maIv be coirvenientl)v used with or withouty the sediment barrier 19.

A modified form of the sediment. barrier is illustrated in Fig. 5, which shows a simplitied form of asediment remover. A sediment remover constructed in accordance with the plans illustrated in Fig. 5 eliminates the frame 11 and substitutes a simple tulnilar screen holder theretor. A threaded sleeve 23 has an internally threaded ring 2% which screws upon the reduced end of the sleeve; and a sediment screen or barrier, such as a chamois or mesh dish 25, anchored between the sleeve 23 and the ring,- o" ln this torni f. of sediment remover, it is desirable 'to malte a shoulder 26 in the threaded port ot the receptacle against which the sleeve 23 is set when it is screwed into the port. The sleeve 23 may be removed at any time by a suitable wrench. The sleeve does not intert'ere with the reception of the threaded end of a pipe or nipple used to connect the sediment remover in a water-pipe line. The sediment barrier 19 mayv be replaced hv takingv the plug 23 and ring` 24 apart and insertinga new one.

Fig. 1 discloses the use of the sediment rcmoving device in a water-pipe line. typical water boiler 28 has connected therewith the pipes constitutingl a hot water .s vstem tor homes, or for use in any other institution. The sediment remover T is readilv connected into the pipe system 2t. lrvater tiowine|` from the boiler 23 outwardl \v through thc pipes 29 necessarily passes through the sediment barrier 19, whereupon the sediment and solid matter in the water are caused to ,fri-avi tate to the bottom ot the receptacle T. 'l`hc receptacle 7 is made large enough to hohl the sediment tor a loirer period ot" time. a lter which it is removed tlure'trom b v opening the valve 10.

Having` thus described mv invention. l desire to claim and secure b v l/ctters Patent 1. A removable strainer' Vlor water pipe` comprising a casing' havingr oppositelv posiA tioned openings, one acting as an inlet and the. other an outlet, a depending scr-tion tor receiving sediment. and an upstandinn ncch section adjacent one ot said openings. said opening being termed with a pair ot seats. a frame adapted to fit between and cnuagrc said seats, means carried b v said noch scction for shift-ing` said frame oli' oi said seats and a screening' member secured to said trame and movable therewith.

2. A removable strainer tor water pipes comprising' a casing' having' an inlet and an outlet adjacent the upperpart. a neck section merging into said casing` adjacent said inlet. said inlet being;` provided with a pair ot' inclined seats, a web-shaped trame adapted to tit between and engage said seats. a rc movable screening;- member carried b'v .said trame and manually actuated means t'or moving the 'frame and screening mcmiicr into and out ot said neck section.

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